Show old em aloye had been opening letters new york sept 16 A stack of let is reported to have been found yesterday by inspectors in the home of isaac G downing who was removed from the office of assistant postmaster at yonkers fast saturday batur day by orders from the department at washington sir downing been assistant postmaster for more than 30 years under all administrations the inspectors are said to have obtained entrance to his home secretly and were astonished when they discovered the letters downing i was removed and left the office in response to the following message to the postmaster received from washington this office is in receipt of an inspectors spec tors report in which the removal of isaac G downing assistant postmaster at your office Is recommended at once on charges of shortage in the money order and the postal accounts of falsifying the records of the office and general incompetency the charges against mr downing are lully sustained and you are hereby authorized and directed to remove him from the service and to advise him by letter of the reason for the departments action for several days inspectors have had downing under surveillance and on gaining secret entrance to his home proceeded at once to make a thorough search the report was that the mail sack was a regulation one containing moro than letters some ot which had not been opened some of the postmarks dated back several years following the investigation at yonkers stories have become public of several mysterious shortages in recent years it is related that one year ago a former clerk in the office had to make good a shortage ot nearly and grief and shame protesting his innocence |